Improvement in sash-holders



WILLiAM BACHELLER.

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WILLIAM BACHELLER, OF WEST NEWBURY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE P. KIMBALL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 114,253,.dated May 2, 1871.

' IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-HQLDERS* 1WILLIAM BACHELLER, of West Newbury, in the county of Essex and State 0f Massachusetts, have invented certain' Improvements in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, andv Figure 2 a sectional elevation of the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an adjust-able device which shall hold a window-sash in any desired position and prevent the same from rattling; and

It consists mainly of a spring, located in a suitable frame, attached to the edge of a sash, said spring being furnished with a frictional bearing surface, D, projecting through an opening in the plate, and-being regulated by a set-screw in such manner as to canse it to press with more or less force against the windowcasiug and thereby sustain the sash, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawing- A represents a metallic plate provided with -tbe oriiice B and flanges B'.

O represents a metallic spring plate, located between flanges B', and bent at its upper end into the Eow-haped catch D, which projects through the ori- I1" represents a pin, which holds the spring O in place. y

E represents a set-screw, which bears against the lower end of spring C and forces the same inward, thereby forcing theprojecton D outward,

Two of the plates A are attached to one edge of each window-sash, one near each end, and the projections D, bearing against the casing, sustain the window at any desired' point and at the, same time prevent any rattling of the sash, acting in this respect in the same manner as a rubberpacking.

By tightening the screw E suleiently the projection D may be caused to exert an outward pressure of from two to seventy-five pounds, according'to theV thickness ot' the spring, thus adapting the device to Windows ot' any desired weight.

I amawar'e that springs have been employed to hold window-sashes, but I'know of none which are adjustableor which sustain the-window without entering notches or depressions, which arenot used in connection with my device, the operation of a sash pro vided with the same being equivalent to that of onewitnesses.

WILLIAM BACHELLER.

Witnesses CARROLL D. WRIGHT, CHARLES F. BROWN. 

